What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.
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Marriage is good enough for the lower classes: they have facilities for desertion that are denied to us.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Marriage offers certain advantages to the lower classes that are unavailable to the upper classes, including the ease of separation.
In this quote, George Bernard Shaw critiques the institution of marriage by highlighting the concept of social class and its implications on personal relationships. He suggests that for those in the lower classes, marriage can be more practical, as they may have easier paths to divorce compared to the complexities and expectations faced by the upper classes, who might be trapped by societal norms and obligations.
Themes
MarriageClassRelationshipsDesertionSocial Class
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about the evolving nature of relationships in society.
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